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• Assignment #5 – March on Washington
• Read pages 245 to 300.
• Post Date: Sunday 11:59 PM March 25
• Eyes on the Prize – 42:00 March on Washington

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I expect a minimum of 300 words for each of the  following three topics in order for you to achieve a grade equaling an A or B.  Please cite page numbers in your answers.   Now that we are moving – and we have a format – if you want extra credit posts must be made prior to deadlines.   As always you are more than welcomed to come to our Senior Current Issues discussion on Monday March 12.  Keep up the good work…

1 – March on Washington 
Behind the scenes the March on Washington in August of 1963 was an enormous undertaking.  A lot of people did a lot of work to make it happen.  And in Washington everybody held their breath that it wouldn’t turn into an absolute mess.  It’s success was of historic proportion.  Why?  What made this thing work so well?  And what were the lasting results?

2 – Hoover, Johnson, and JFK
Politics was over the movement from the beginning; Washington politics and presidential politics.  Kennedy took a long time to convince, and just when things seemed to be moving in a positive direction he was assassinated.  Johnson was a different animal altogether.  And Hoover was bizarre.  Tell me how King’s relationship with the three was unfolding during this time period.

3 – Allies in the Cause –
Throughout the book Oates brings allies of King’s to the forefront.  C.T.Vivian was such a man.  He’s the most intelligent person I’ve ever talked with.  Tell me about Vivian and Hosea Williams, their role in the movement and their relationship with King.

Interesting links to this reading segment…

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Lesson Plans will be posted here weekly in PDF format. In order to access them merely click on the correct class. As changes occur to the plans during the course of the week, I will note those changes at the end of the post – not on the PDF original – so please keep that in mind.

To access the current week’s plans, merely go to the “Weekly Lesson Plans” Category on the right, click it and look to the last post. If you have any questions concerning the LPs please leave a reply. I will do my best to get back to you with an answer within 24 hrs.

I hope this helps you to better organize your school work and your life.

Salamou Alaykoum.

• Period 1 – Senior Current Issues
• Period 2 – Economics
• Period 3 –Government
• Period 5 – Economics
• Period 6 – Government

Lesson Plan Updates – as the week progresses, there may be changes to the Lesson Plans. I will note changes below:

Do not forget…any student who is participating in the Martin Luther King / Civil Rights Independent Study is welcome to join Mr. Wood’s first hour Senior Current Issues “conversation on Civil Rights” on the scheduled dates.  The next scheduled conversation will take place on Monday March 12.  Just ask and I will talk to your first hour teacher.  Thanks.

• Assignment #4 – Albany & Birmingham
• Read pages 175 to 244
• Post Date: Sunday 11:59 PM March 11
• Go here for up-to-date running % totals
• Go here for examples well done on Assignment #3

I expect a minimum of 300 words for each of the  following three topics in order for you to achieve a grade equaling an A or B.  Please cite page numbers in your answers.   Now that we are moving – and we have a format – if you want extra credit posts must be made prior to deadlines.   As always you are more than welcomed to come to our Senior Current Issues discussion on Monday March 12.  Keep up the good work…

1 – Albany, Georgia
The Albany campaign was a failure for King and for the movement.  Why?  It’s a very interesting series of events that often gets overlooked in the Civil Rights Movement.  Tell me what you think about it all.

2 – Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham in the Spring of 1963 was one of the most brutal and dynamic encounters in the entire Civil Rights Movement.  The Oate’s book does an excellent job of covering the ongoing event.  One interesting situation in Birmingham was the influence that its brutality had on President Kennedy.  Make sure to talk about that and the other things that you found interesting from the book in regards to Birmingham.

3 – Allies in the Cause –
Throughout the movement King surrounded himself with brilliant lieutenants.  Young black ministers played a key role.  Take a look at the following five individuals and identify Oate’s take on each of them and their roles in the movement: Bernard Lee, James Bevel, Andrew Young, Harry Belefonte, Fred Shuttlesworth.

Lesson Plans will be posted here weekly in PDF format. In order to access them merely click on the correct class. As changes occur to the plans during the course of the week, I will note those changes at the end of the post – not on the PDF original – so please keep that in mind.

To access the current week’s plans, merely go to the “Weekly Lesson Plans” Category on the right, click it and look to the last post. If you have any questions concerning the LPs please leave a reply. I will do my best to get back to you with an answer within 24 hrs.

I hope this helps you to better organize your school work and your life.

Salamou Alaykoum.

• Period 1 – Senior Current Issues
• Period 2 – Economics
• Period 3 – Government
• Period 5 – Economics
• Period 6 – Government

Lesson Plan Updates – as the week progresses, there may be changes to the Lesson Plans. I will note changes below:

Do not forget…any student who is participating in the Martin Luther King / Civil Rights Independent Study is welcome to join Mr. Wood’s first hour Senior Current Issues “conversation on Civil Rights” on the scheduled dates.  The next scheduled conversation will take place on Monday March 12.  Just ask and I will talk to your first hour teacher.  Thanks.

I will be laying out the extra guidelines for the Independent study this week.  We need to be better organized in this endeavor if we are going to be successful with this ongoing study.